Now, maybe I'm a bit of a pedant, but there are are only so many times I can read the BBC news website and read a science story which uses the words 'bacteria', 'bug' and 'virus' interchangeably - or promoting your region by explaining that it's the birthplace of Einstein - whilst getting the theory of relativity wrong.

It's to prevent errors like that that you should consider whether it's worth getting your press release or advert proof-read by a science communicator.

This section is meant to serve as a repository for various selected publications in case I ever run out of paper copies.

N.J.Armstrong, H.Steinbeisser, C.Prothmann, R.DeLotto, R.A.W.Rupp "Conserved SpƤtzle/Toll signaling in dorsoventral patterning of Xenopus embryos" Mechanisms of Development 71 p99-105.

C.Prothmann, N.J.Armstrong, R.A.W.Rupp "The Toll/IL-1 receptor binding protein MyD88 is required for Xenopus axis formation" Mechanisms of Development 97 p85-92

C.Prothmann, N.J.Armstrong, S.A. Roth, R.A.W.Rupp "Vertebrate Rel proteins exhibit Dorsal-like activities in early Drosophila embryogenesis" Developmental Dynamics 235 p949-957